Between 1940 and 1988, El Salvador's cotton output increased from a few thousand tons per year in the early 1940s, to around eighty thousand tons in the mid 1960s and 1970s. El Salvador's cotton output generally followed a similar trend to the amount of land used in its production
Cotton output, cotton production area and cotton production per hectare in El Salvador from 1940 to 1988
(in thousands)
Characteristic
Output (in metric tons)
Area (in hectares)
Tons of cotton per hectare*
1988
10
13
0.77
1987
12
13
0.92
1986
14
27
0.52
1985
25
37
0.68
1984
30
37
0.81
1983
41
49
0.84
1982
40
53
0.75
1981
43
58
0.74
1980
62
85
0.73
1979
65
102
0.64
1978
79
99
0.8
1977
70
79
0.89
1976
60
74
0.81
1975
74
88
0.84
1974
75
95
0.79
1973
69
85
0.81
1972
68
73
0.93
1971
55
62
0.89
1970
55
56
0.98
1969
46
51
0.9
1968
43
41
1.05
1967
35
49
0.71
1966
39
82
0.48
1965
52
111
0.47
1964
85
114
0.75
1963
75
88
0.85
1962
72
94
0.77
1961
61
77
0.79
1960
41
43
0.95
1959
31
39
0.79
1958
40
54
0.74
1957
36
40
0.9
1956
32
38
0.84
1955
31
46
0.67
1954
20
30
0.67
1953
13
21
0.62
1952
11
28
0.39
1951
10
30
0.33
1950
7
19
0.37
1949
5
17
0.29
1948
7
13
0.54
1947
4
15
0.27
1946
4
11
0.36
1945
2
10
0.2
1944
3
5
0.6
1943
3
5
0.6
1942
2
4
0.5
1941
2
3
0.67
1940
2
3
0.67
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Macmillan Publishers. (December 31, 1993). Cotton output, cotton production area and cotton production per hectare in El Salvador from 1940 to 1988 (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184832/el-salvador-cotton-output-area-historical/
Macmillan Publishers. "Cotton output, cotton production area and cotton production per hectare in El Salvador from 1940 to 1988 (in thousands)." Chart. December 31, 1993. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184832/el-salvador-cotton-output-area-historical/
Macmillan Publishers. (1993). Cotton output, cotton production area and cotton production per hectare in El Salvador from 1940 to 1988 (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184832/el-salvador-cotton-output-area-historical/
Macmillan Publishers. "Cotton Output, Cotton Production Area and Cotton Production per Hectare in El Salvador from 1940 to 1988 (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 1993, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184832/el-salvador-cotton-output-area-historical/
Macmillan Publishers, Cotton output, cotton production area and cotton production per hectare in El Salvador from 1940 to 1988 (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184832/el-salvador-cotton-output-area-historical/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Cotton output, cotton production area and cotton production per hectare in El Salvador from 1940 to 1988 (in thousands) [Graph], Macmillan Publishers, December 31, 1993. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1184832/el-salvador-cotton-output-area-historical/
